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Job Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Senior Oncology Specialist
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.
Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses and our research address diseases with a limited number of treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. As a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a Senior Oncology Specialist to deliver on this commitment to patients.
Amgen Oncology is committed to helping patients take on some of the toughest cancers, such as those that have been resistant to drugs, those that progress rapidly through the body and those where limited treatment options exist.
Amgen's supportive care treatments help patients combat certain side effects of strong chemotherapy, and our targeted medicines and immunotherapies focus on more than a dozen different malignancies, ranging from blood cancers to solid tumors. With decades of experience providing therapies for cancer patients, Amgen continues to grow its portfolio of innovative and biosimilar oncology medicines. Amgen is a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose. Our mission is to serve patients.
Amgen supports and encourages our team members to have long term, fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities such as this Senior Oncology Specialist opportunity in the territory.
You will act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits of the products to medical professionals.
Our Senior Oncology Specialists achieve territory sales by utilizing their Oncology background and experience to:
- Create and execute on a comprehensive territory plan, which includes delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
- Utilize your internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
- Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales.
- Analyze your business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, as well as develop territory plans with your District Manager.
- Have the passion for our products to sustain that passion through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients.
- Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and be in a state of continuous curiosity and learning to help you grow as a Sr. Oncology Specialist.
- Leverage your passion for Oncology and disease state awareness, Industry, regulatory and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The sales professional we seek is a go-getter with these qualifications.
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
- OR
- Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
- OR
- High school diploma / GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred experience in Oncology.
- Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.
- Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation. Neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties.
- Local Market knowledge.
- A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
- Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $114,065 to $190,041. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.
- Stock-based long-term incentives.
- Award-winning time-off plans.
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible.
Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
careers.amgen.com
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Salary Range
USD - USD
Career Category
Sales
Job Description
Join Amgen’s Mission of Serving Patients
At Amgen, if you feel like you’re part of something bigger, it’s because you are. Our shared mission—to serve patients living with serious illnesses—drives all that we do.
Since 1980, we’ve helped pioneer the world of biotech in our fight against the world’s toughest diseases. With our focus on four therapeutic areas –Oncology, Inflammation, General Medicine, and Rare Disease– we reach millions of patients each year. As a member of the Amgen team, you’ll help make a lasting impact on the lives of patients as we research, manufacture, and deliver innovative medicines to help people live longer, fuller happier lives.
Our award-winning culture is collaborative, innovative, and science based. If you have a passion for challenges and the opportunities that lay within them, you’ll thrive as part of the Amgen team. Join us and transform the lives of patients while transforming your career.
Senior Oncology Specialist
What you will do
Let’s do this. Let’s change the world. In this vital role you will be the liaison to our customers by providing clinical knowledge of our products to medical professionals.
Amgen's medicines treat serious illnesses and our research address diseases with a limited number of treatment options. With a robust and differentiated pipeline, Amgen remains committed to advancing science to dramatically improve people's lives. As a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose toward our mission: to serve patients, we are actively searching for a Senior Oncology Specialist to deliver on this commitment to patients.
Amgen Oncology is committed to helping patients take on some of the toughest cancers, such as those that have been resistant to drugs, those that progress rapidly through the body and those where limited treatment options exist.
Amgen's supportive care treatments help patients combat certain side effects of strong chemotherapy, and our targeted medicines and immunotherapies focus on more than a dozen different malignancies, ranging from blood cancers to solid tumors. With decades of experience providing therapies for cancer patients, Amgen continues to grow its portfolio of innovative and biosimilar oncology medicines. Amgen is a values-based organization with a powerful sense of shared purpose. Our mission is to serve patients.
Amgen supports and encourages our team members to have long term, fulfilling and meaningful careers through challenging assignments, career development, and valuable opportunities such as this Senior Oncology Specialist opportunity in the territory.
You will act as the primary customer contact to provide current and comprehensive clinical knowledge of Amgen's products and effectively communicate the clinical and economic benefits of the products to medical professionals.
Our Senior Oncology Specialists achieve territory sales by utilizing their Oncology background and experience to:
- Create and execute on a comprehensive territory plan, which includes delivering branded sales messages, executing planned programs, scheduling and following-up with medical educational programs, and achieving or exceeding sales targets.
- Utilize your internal and external relationships to service and manage accounts, including ensuring product access, resolving/triage reimbursement issues, and maintaining product contracts.
- Craft an effective marketing strategy to aid in driving sales.
- Analyze your business effectiveness of sales activities and territory analysis, as well as develop territory plans with your District Manager.
- Have the passion for our products to sustain that passion through the entire sales cycle while always building our brand and never losing sight of how we serve patients.
- Partner with other colleagues to share best practices and be in a state of continuous curiosity and learning to help you grow as a Sr. Oncology Specialist.
- Leverage your passion for Oncology and disease state awareness, Industry, regulatory and competitive changes to deliver agreed results.
What we expect of you
We are all different, yet we all use our unique contributions to serve patients. The sales professional we seek is a go-getter with these qualifications.
- Bachelor’s degree and 3 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
- OR
- Associate degree and 6 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
- OR
- High school diploma / GED and 8 years of sales experience and/or clinical experience in healthcare / scientific field that is not sales related.
Preferred Qualifications:
- Preferred experience in Oncology.
- Three or more years of sales and/or marketing experience within pharmaceutical, biotech, healthcare, or medical device industries.
- Product or hospital sales experience in the areas of oncology, nephrology, dermatology, rheumatology and inflammation. Neurology, endocrinology, hepatology, gastroenterology, or infectious diseases, and the diseases and treatments involved with these specialties.
- Local Market knowledge.
- A Bachelor's degree in Life Sciences or Business Administration.
- Adaptability with our Core Competencies: Planning and Organizing; Leveraging Business, Industry, and Technical Knowledge; Communicating with Impact; Driving for Results; and Cultivating Internal and External Relationships.
What you can expect of us
As we work to develop treatments that take care of others, we also work to care for your professional and personal growth and well-being. From our competitive benefits to our collaborative culture, we’ll support your journey every step of the way.
The expected annual salary range for this role in the U.S. (excluding Puerto Rico) is $114,065 to $190,041. Actual salary will vary based on several factors including, but not limited to, relevant skills, experience, and qualifications.
In addition to the base salary, Amgen offers a Total Rewards Plan, based on eligibility, comprising of health and welfare plans for staff and eligible dependents, financial plans with opportunities to save towards retirement or other goals, work/life balance, and career development opportunities that may include:
- A comprehensive employee benefits package, including a Retirement and Savings Plan with generous company contributions, group medical, dental and vision coverage, life and disability insurance, and flexible spending accounts.
- A discretionary annual bonus program, or for field sales representatives, a sales-based incentive plan.
- Stock-based long-term incentives.
- Award-winning time-off plans.
- Flexible work models, including remote and hybrid work arrangements, where possible.
Apply now
for a career that defies imagination
Objects in your future are closer than they appear. Join us.
careers.amgen.com
In any materials you submit, you may redact or remove age-identifying information such as age, date of birth, or dates of school attendance or graduation. You will not be penalized for redacting or removing this information.
Amgen does not have an application deadline for this position; we will continue accepting applications until we receive a sufficient number or select a candidate for the position.
As an organization dedicated to improving the quality of life for people around the world, Amgen fosters an inclusive environment of diverse, ethical, committed and highly accomplished people who respect each other and live the Amgen values to continue advancing science to serve patients. Together, we compete in the fight against serious disease.
Amgen is an Equal Opportunity employer and will consider all qualified applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, disability status, or any other basis protected by applicable law.
We will ensure that individuals with disabilities are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the job application or interview process, to perform essential job functions, and to receive other benefits and privileges of employment. Please contact us to request accommodation.
Salary Range
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Get Access To All JobsTips for Finding H-1B Visa Sponsorship as an Oncology Specialist
Verify your specialty occupation classification upfront
Pull the O*NET profile for Oncology Specialist before applying. It documents the degree requirements USCIS uses to confirm specialty occupation status, which strengthens your petition if an RFE questions whether the role qualifies.
Target NCI-designated cancer centers directly
NCI-designated cancer centers have dedicated international recruitment infrastructure and file H-1B petitions regularly for clinical and research oncology roles. Filter your search on Migrate Mate by employers with verified H-1B LCA filing history in oncology-related SOC codes.
Get your medical credentials evaluated early
If your medical degree is from outside the U.S., USCIS requires a credential evaluation confirming equivalency to a U.S. degree. Use a NACES-member evaluator and request the report before your employer files the I-129 to avoid petition delays.
Understand the DOL prevailing wage before negotiating
Your employer's LCA must certify a wage at or above the DOL prevailing wage for your SOC code and work location. Run your role through the OFLC Wage Search before offer negotiations so you know the Level I through Level IV wage range applicable to your position.
Clarify cap-exempt status with academic medical employers
Hospital systems affiliated with a university or nonprofit research institution may qualify as cap-exempt H-1B employers, meaning you can start any time of year without waiting for the October 1 cap-subject start date. Confirm the employer's cap-exempt status before accepting an offer.
Ask about premium processing before your start date
USCIS premium processing upgrades adjudication to 15 business days. For oncology roles with a credentialing or hospital privileging timeline, confirm whether your employer will file with premium processing so your start date aligns with your department's onboarding window.
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Find Oncology Specialist JobsOncology Specialist H-1B Visa: Frequently Asked Questions
Does an Oncology Specialist role qualify as an H-1B specialty occupation?
Yes. Oncology Specialist positions require at least a medical degree or a bachelor's degree or higher in a directly related biomedical or clinical field, which satisfies USCIS's specialty occupation definition. The O*NET profile for this occupation documents the degree requirement, and most employers include this in the H-1B petition to preempt RFEs questioning qualification.
Which types of employers sponsor H-1B visas for Oncology Specialists?
Academic medical centers, NCI-designated cancer centers, large hospital networks, and oncology-focused research institutions are the most active sponsors. Many of these are affiliated with universities or nonprofit research organizations, which can qualify them as cap-exempt H-1B employers. You can search employers with confirmed H-1B LCA filing history for oncology roles on Migrate Mate.
How does cap-exempt status affect my H-1B timeline as an oncology candidate?
Cap-exempt employers, typically those affiliated with universities or nonprofit research institutions, can file H-1B petitions year-round and are not subject to the annual 85,000-slot cap or the April lottery. If your offer is from a cap-exempt institution, your petition can be filed and approved on a rolling basis, and your start date isn't locked to October 1.
What documentation do I need if my medical degree is from outside the United States?
USCIS requires a credential evaluation from a NACES-member organization confirming your foreign medical degree is equivalent to a U.S. bachelor's degree or higher in a relevant field. You'll also need to provide transcripts and any board certifications. Request this evaluation before your employer files the I-129 to prevent delays in adjudication.
What is the H-1B grace period if my oncology position ends before my visa expires?
USCIS allows a 60-day grace period after your H-1B employment ends, during which you can remain in the U.S. to find a new sponsoring employer or transition to another visa status. A new employer must file an H-1B transfer petition before the grace period expires to maintain your lawful status without requiring you to leave.
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